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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
ABC News Suspends Brian Ross for 4 Weeks Without Pay: ‘Effective Immediately’ — ABC News has announced that Brian Ross would be suspended for four weeks without pay “effective immediately.” — “It is vital we get the story right and retain the trust we have built with our audience - these are our core principles.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
ABC News corrects bombshell report claiming Trump asked Flynn to contact Russians as a candidate, elicits criticism by initially calling it a “clarification” — Trump's praise of Michael Flynn over the years — ABC News on Friday evening corrected an explosive special report …
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Suki Kim / The Cut:
Multiple women accuse John Hockenberry, public radio icon and former host of WNYC's “The Takeaway”, of sexually harassing female colleagues — This story starts differently than most sexual harassment accounts out there. It begins with the accused harasser honorably “retiring” …
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Harrison Smith / Washington Post:
Les Whitten, an investigative reporter who worked for Jack Anderson's Washington Merry-Go-Round, dies at 89 — Les Whitten was a top legman to investigative reporter Jack Anderson. He was once tailed by the CIA and jailed by the FBI. (Family photo) — Les Whitten, an investigative …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Inside the White House's awkward holiday party for journalists, which Breitbart attended for the first time while CNN boycotted — WASHINGTON — The affair felt dissonant from the start: a festive gathering in the East Wing of the White House, thrown by President Trump for the journalists whose work …
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@jonlemire and The Guardian
The Guardian:
State-owned firms withholding advertising from opposing news outlets, restrictions on free speech, restrictive media laws threaten local media around the world — From Poland and Hungary to parts of Africa and South America, states are using commercial ruses to squeeze out liberal media
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@vincentpeyregne, @irexintl, @visegradinsight, @visegradinsight, @utknightcenter and The Guardian
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Le Monde's suite of fact-checking tools for the public, Décodex, is almost a year old, and editors hope to share it with news outlets using other languages — It's preparing to partner with other international newsrooms. — On Wednesday, when Donald Trump retweeted three unverified …
Alexandria Neason / Columbia Journalism Review:
Survey on sexual harassment policies: 0 of 149 newsrooms responded; of 310 journalists, 88% of freelancers and 53% of staff are unsure how to report harassment — Image via Pixabay. — On October 5, a New York Times investigation cracked open the decades-long abuse of women …
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@propublicail, @alexandrianeas and TVWeek.com
Freia Nahser / Global Editors Network:
How the Offshore Journalism Toolkit is working to archive online stories that may be removed due to censorship, right to be forgotten, or organizations closing — We talked to data journalist Nicolas Kayser-Bril about the Offshore Journalism Toolkit. — Turns out online content has an expiration date.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vidme Shuts Down User-Generated Video Service, Citing Inability to Compete With Google, Facebook — Startup Vidme is shutting down its user-generated video service — because it can't see a way to make money in the face of internet giants Google and Facebook.
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Brian Calle / LA Weekly:
LA Weekly announces new ownership team comprised of investors Brian Calle and Andy Bequer, attorneys David Welch and Steve Mehr, philanthropist Kevin Xu, others — There is a lot of talk about who owns L.A. Weekly. We've seen all the speculation. Is it a Russian oligarch? Is it some Trumpista?
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Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with journalists on reporting on extremism: be wary of manipulation, contact experts, recognize the role of the Internet, consider the targets of extremism — White supremacists chant at counter protestors at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson after marching through the University …
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